What is Shared in Joint Action? Issues of Co-representation, Response Conflict, and Agent Identification

Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-172

  Wenke, Dorit ^a,b   Atmaca, Silke ^a   Holländer, Antje ^a   Liepelt, Roman ^a,c   Baess, Pamela ^a,d   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 84873243877     PISSN: 18785158     EISSN: 18785166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13164-011-0057-0     Document Type: Article

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